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YouTube could be testing a three-strikes policy for ad blocking (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 2 years ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] axibzllmbo@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm worried the sucsess Netflix has had forcing people to stop password sharing is emboldening companies to perform policies such as this :(

[–] tangentism@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Once that policy kicks in globally and starts to bite, watch subscriber numbers drop and an increase in torrenting

[–] fades@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I’ll just keep making accounts. You can’t stop us google, you can only inconvenience us

[–] Engywuck@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm sorry for youtube-addicted. On my part, I use it, maybe, twice per year, so I couldn't care less.

[–] bilboswaggings@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Me using youtube daily, to learn things (I enjoy engineering and educational content) I also use it to sleep with the help of ASMR

Ads during ASMR is going to ruin it, good thing ReVanced exists

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[–] TranceReduction@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Incidentally, I am also implementing a three strikes policy - as in I'll still using your website after seeing this shit three times.

[–] mjdxp@lib.lgbt 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If YouTube starts banning people for blocking ads, it'll finally be the push I need to move to PeerTube.

[–] withersailor@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Peertube just doesn't have the content.

[–] lemor@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Is the account banned or the IP? FYI, I don't really login to use YouTube. I mostly use RSS to subscribe to a channel.

[–] 1993_toyota_camry@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

or maybe they'll use browser fingerprinting and other hints to try and suss out who the 'bad' users are

[–] Engywuck@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Then you just use a browser that randomize fingerprints.

[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you just watch videos and don't comment or upload, what's the point of a YouTube account?

Just subscribe to channels using RSS

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[–] CreativeTensors@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah screw that, I'll just not use YouTube.

It wouldn't be as bad if their website wasn't such a spammy f*ing mess with ads. Let's go back to the days when advertisements were just banner ads and the odd video sponsor segment.

[–] tangentism@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Its not just the ads but the algorithm pushes young men down the alt right pipeline.

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